| slovo | definícia |
puffin
(encz) | puffin,druh mořského ptáka n: Zdeněk Brož |
puffin
(encz) | puffin,papuchalk n: Roman Kamenický |
Puffin
(gcide) | Puffin \Puf"fin\ (p[u^]f"f[i^]n), n. [Akin to puff.]
1. (Zool.) An arctic sea bird Fratercula arctica) allied to
the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak, whence
the name; -- called also bottle nose, cockandy,
coulterneb, marrot, mormon, pope, and {sea
parrot}.
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Note: The name is also applied to other related species, as
the horned puffin (Fratercula corniculata), the
tufted puffin (Lunda cirrhata), and the razorbill.
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Manx puffin, the Manx shearwater. See under Manx.
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2. (Bot.) The puffball.
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3. A sort of apple. [Obs.] --Rider's Dict. (1640).
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puffin
(gcide) | Puffball \Puff"ball`\, n. (Bot.)
A kind of ball-shaped fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum, and
other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when
ripe; -- called also bullfist, bullfice, puckfist,
puff, and puffin.
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puffin
(wn) | puffin
n 1: any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks
and brightly colored compressed bills |
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atlantic puffin
(encz) | Atlantic Puffin,papuchalk bělobradý n: [zoo.] pták z čeledi rackovitých,
lat. Fratercula arctica Petr Prášek |
horned puffin
(encz) | horned puffin, n: |
puffin
(encz) | puffin,druh mořského ptáka n: Zdeněk Brožpuffin,papuchalk n: Roman Kamenický |
puffiness
(encz) | puffiness,oteklost n: Zdeněk Brož |
puffing
(encz) | puffing,šlukování n: Zdeněk Brožpuffing,vyfukování n: Zdeněk Brož |
tufted puffin
(encz) | tufted puffin, n: |
Manx puffin
(gcide) | Puffin \Puf"fin\ (p[u^]f"f[i^]n), n. [Akin to puff.]
1. (Zool.) An arctic sea bird Fratercula arctica) allied to
the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak, whence
the name; -- called also bottle nose, cockandy,
coulterneb, marrot, mormon, pope, and {sea
parrot}.
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Note: The name is also applied to other related species, as
the horned puffin (Fratercula corniculata), the
tufted puffin (Lunda cirrhata), and the razorbill.
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Manx puffin, the Manx shearwater. See under Manx.
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2. (Bot.) The puffball.
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3. A sort of apple. [Obs.] --Rider's Dict. (1640).
[1913 Webster]Manx shearwater \Manx shearwater\ prop. n. (Zool.),
A small black-and-white oceanic bird (Puffinus puffinus, or
Puffinus anglorum), common in the Eastern North Atlantic.
Called also Manx petrel, Manx puffin. It is avariety of
shearwater. It was formerly abundant in the Isle of Man.
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puffin
(gcide) | Puffin \Puf"fin\ (p[u^]f"f[i^]n), n. [Akin to puff.]
1. (Zool.) An arctic sea bird Fratercula arctica) allied to
the auks, and having a short, thick, swollen beak, whence
the name; -- called also bottle nose, cockandy,
coulterneb, marrot, mormon, pope, and {sea
parrot}.
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Note: The name is also applied to other related species, as
the horned puffin (Fratercula corniculata), the
tufted puffin (Lunda cirrhata), and the razorbill.
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Manx puffin, the Manx shearwater. See under Manx.
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2. (Bot.) The puffball.
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3. A sort of apple. [Obs.] --Rider's Dict. (1640).
[1913 Webster]Puffball \Puff"ball`\, n. (Bot.)
A kind of ball-shaped fungus (Lycoperdon giganteum, and
other species of the same genus) full of dustlike spores when
ripe; -- called also bullfist, bullfice, puckfist,
puff, and puffin.
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Puffiness
(gcide) | Puffiness \Puff"i*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being puffy.
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Puffing
(gcide) | Puff \Puff\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Puffed (p[u^]ft); p. pr. &
vb. n. Puffing.] [Akin to G. puffen to pop, buffet, puff,
D. poffen to pop, puffen to blow, Sw. puffa to push, to cuff,
Dan. puffe to pop, thump. See Puff, n.]
1. To blow in puffs, or with short and sudden whiffs.
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2. To blow, as an expression of scorn; -- with at.
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It is really to defy Heaven to puff at damnation.
--South.
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3. To breathe quick and hard, or with puffs, as after violent
exertion.
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The ass comes back again, puffing and blowing, from
the chase. --L' Estrange.
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4. To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated. --Boyle.
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5. To breathe in a swelling, inflated, or pompous manner;
hence, to assume importance.
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Then came brave Glory puffing by. --Herbert.
[1913 Webster]Puffing \Puff"ing\,
a. & n. from Puff, v. i. & t.
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Puffing adder. (Zool.) Same as Puff adder
(b), under Puff.
Puffing pig (Zool.), the common porpoise.
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puffing adder
(gcide) | Hognosesnake \Hog"nose`snake"\ (Zool.)
A harmless North American snake of the genus Heterodon,
esp. Heterodon platyrhynos; -- called also puffing adder,
blowing adder, and sand viper.
[1913 Webster]Puffing \Puff"ing\,
a. & n. from Puff, v. i. & t.
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Puffing adder. (Zool.) Same as Puff adder
(b), under Puff.
Puffing pig (Zool.), the common porpoise.
[1913 Webster]Adder \Ad"der\, n. [OE. addere, naddere, eddre, AS. n[ae]dre,
adder, snake; akin to OS. nadra, OHG. natra, natara, Ger.
natter, Goth. nadrs, Icel. na[eth]r, masc., na[eth]ra, fem.:
cf. W. neidr, Gorn. naddyr, Ir. nathair, L. natrix, water
snake. An adder is for a nadder.]
1. A serpent. [Obs.] "The eddre seide to the woman."
--Wyclif. Gen. iii. 4. )
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2. (Zool.)
(a) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The
common European adder is the Vipera berus or {Pelias
berus}. The puff adders of Africa are species of
Clotho.
(b) In America, the term is commonly applied to several
harmless snakes, as the milk adder, puffing adder,
etc.
(c) Same as Sea Adder.
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Note: In the sculptures the appellation is given to several
venomous serpents, -- sometimes to the horned viper
(Cerastles).
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Puffing adder
(gcide) | Hognosesnake \Hog"nose`snake"\ (Zool.)
A harmless North American snake of the genus Heterodon,
esp. Heterodon platyrhynos; -- called also puffing adder,
blowing adder, and sand viper.
[1913 Webster]Puffing \Puff"ing\,
a. & n. from Puff, v. i. & t.
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Puffing adder. (Zool.) Same as Puff adder
(b), under Puff.
Puffing pig (Zool.), the common porpoise.
[1913 Webster]Adder \Ad"der\, n. [OE. addere, naddere, eddre, AS. n[ae]dre,
adder, snake; akin to OS. nadra, OHG. natra, natara, Ger.
natter, Goth. nadrs, Icel. na[eth]r, masc., na[eth]ra, fem.:
cf. W. neidr, Gorn. naddyr, Ir. nathair, L. natrix, water
snake. An adder is for a nadder.]
1. A serpent. [Obs.] "The eddre seide to the woman."
--Wyclif. Gen. iii. 4. )
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2. (Zool.)
(a) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The
common European adder is the Vipera berus or {Pelias
berus}. The puff adders of Africa are species of
Clotho.
(b) In America, the term is commonly applied to several
harmless snakes, as the milk adder, puffing adder,
etc.
(c) Same as Sea Adder.
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Note: In the sculptures the appellation is given to several
venomous serpents, -- sometimes to the horned viper
(Cerastles).
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puffing adder
(gcide) | Hognosesnake \Hog"nose`snake"\ (Zool.)
A harmless North American snake of the genus Heterodon,
esp. Heterodon platyrhynos; -- called also puffing adder,
blowing adder, and sand viper.
[1913 Webster]Puffing \Puff"ing\,
a. & n. from Puff, v. i. & t.
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Puffing adder. (Zool.) Same as Puff adder
(b), under Puff.
Puffing pig (Zool.), the common porpoise.
[1913 Webster]Adder \Ad"der\, n. [OE. addere, naddere, eddre, AS. n[ae]dre,
adder, snake; akin to OS. nadra, OHG. natra, natara, Ger.
natter, Goth. nadrs, Icel. na[eth]r, masc., na[eth]ra, fem.:
cf. W. neidr, Gorn. naddyr, Ir. nathair, L. natrix, water
snake. An adder is for a nadder.]
1. A serpent. [Obs.] "The eddre seide to the woman."
--Wyclif. Gen. iii. 4. )
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2. (Zool.)
(a) A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The
common European adder is the Vipera berus or {Pelias
berus}. The puff adders of Africa are species of
Clotho.
(b) In America, the term is commonly applied to several
harmless snakes, as the milk adder, puffing adder,
etc.
(c) Same as Sea Adder.
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Note: In the sculptures the appellation is given to several
venomous serpents, -- sometimes to the horned viper
(Cerastles).
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puffing pig
(gcide) | Porpoise \Por"poise\, n. [OE. porpeys, OF. porpeis, literally,
hog fish, from L. porcus swine + piscis fish. See Pork, and
Fish.]
1. (Zool.) Any small cetacean of the genus Phoc[ae]na,
especially Phoc[ae]na communis, or {Phoc[ae]na
phoc[ae]na}, of Europe, and the closely allied American
species (Phoc[ae]na Americana). The color is dusky or
blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to
the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also
harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and
snuffer.
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2. (Zool.) A true dolphin (Delphinus); -- often so called
by sailors.
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Skunk porpoise, or Bay porpoise (Zool.), a North American
porpoise (Lagenorhynchus acutus), larger than the common
species, and with broad stripes of white and yellow on the
sides. See Illustration in Appendix.
[1913 Webster]Puffing \Puff"ing\,
a. & n. from Puff, v. i. & t.
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Puffing adder. (Zool.) Same as Puff adder
(b), under Puff.
Puffing pig (Zool.), the common porpoise.
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Puffing pig
(gcide) | Porpoise \Por"poise\, n. [OE. porpeys, OF. porpeis, literally,
hog fish, from L. porcus swine + piscis fish. See Pork, and
Fish.]
1. (Zool.) Any small cetacean of the genus Phoc[ae]na,
especially Phoc[ae]na communis, or {Phoc[ae]na
phoc[ae]na}, of Europe, and the closely allied American
species (Phoc[ae]na Americana). The color is dusky or
blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to
the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also
harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and
snuffer.
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2. (Zool.) A true dolphin (Delphinus); -- often so called
by sailors.
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Skunk porpoise, or Bay porpoise (Zool.), a North American
porpoise (Lagenorhynchus acutus), larger than the common
species, and with broad stripes of white and yellow on the
sides. See Illustration in Appendix.
[1913 Webster]Puffing \Puff"ing\,
a. & n. from Puff, v. i. & t.
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Puffing adder. (Zool.) Same as Puff adder
(b), under Puff.
Puffing pig (Zool.), the common porpoise.
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Puffingly
(gcide) | Puffingly \Puff"ing*ly\, adv.
In a puffing manner; with vehement breathing or shortness of
breath; with exaggerated praise.
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Puffinus Anglorum
(gcide) | Shearwater \Shear"wa`ter\, n. [Shear + water; cf. G.
wassersherer; -- so called from its running lightly along the
surface of the water.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of long-winged oceanic birds of
the genus Puffinus and related genera. They are allied to
the petrels, but are larger. The Manx shearwater ({Puffinus
Anglorum}), the dusky shearwater (Puffinus obscurus), and
the greater shearwater (Puffinus major), are well-known
species of the North Atlantic. See Hagdon.
[1913 Webster]Night \Night\ (n[imac]t), n. [OE. night, niht, AS. neaht, niht;
akin to D. nacht, OS. & OHG. naht, G. nacht, Icel. n[=o]tt,
Sw. natt, Dan. nat, Goth. nahts, Lith. naktis, Russ. noche,
W. nos, Ir. nochd, L. nox, noctis, Gr. ny`x, nykto`s, Skr.
nakta, nakti. [root]265. Cf. Equinox, Nocturnal.]
1. That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the
horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the
time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the
sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light.
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And God called the light Day, and the darkness he
called Night. --Gen. i. 5.
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2. Hence:
(a) Darkness; obscurity; concealment.
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Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night.
--Pope.
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(b) Intellectual and moral darkness; ignorance.
(c) A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night
of sorrow.
(d) The period after the close of life; death.
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She closed her eyes in everlasting night.
--Dryden.
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Do not go gentle into that good night
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
--Dylan
Thomas.
[PJC]
(e) A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems
to sleep. "Sad winter's night". --Spenser.
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Note: Night is sometimes used, esp. with participles, in the
formation of self-explaining compounds; as,
night-blooming, night-born, night-warbling, etc.
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Night by night, Night after night, nightly; many nights.
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So help me God, as I have watched the night,
Ay, night by night, in studying good for England.
--Shak.
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Night bird. (Zool.)
(a) The moor hen (Gallinula chloropus).
(b) The Manx shearwater (Puffinus Anglorum).
Night blindness. (Med.) See Hemeralopia.
Night cart, a cart used to remove the contents of privies
by night.
Night churr, (Zool.), the nightjar.
Night crow, a bird that cries in the night.
Night dog, a dog that hunts in the night, -- used by
poachers.
Night fire.
(a) Fire burning in the night.
(b) Ignis fatuus; Will-o'-the-wisp; Jask-with-a-lantern.
Night flyer (Zool.), any creature that flies in the night,
as some birds and insects.
night glass, a spyglass constructed to concentrate a large
amount of light, so as see objects distinctly at night.
--Totten.
Night green, iodine green.
Night hag, a witch supposed to wander in the night.
Night hawk (Zool.), an American bird ({Chordeiles
Virginianus}), allied to the goatsucker. It hunts the
insects on which it feeds toward evening, on the wing, and
often, diving down perpendicularly, produces a loud
whirring sound, like that of a spinning wheel. Also
sometimes applied to the European goatsuckers. It is
called also bull bat.
Night heron (Zool.), any one of several species of herons
of the genus Nycticorax, found in various parts of the
world. The best known species is Nycticorax griseus, or
Nycticorax nycticorax, of Europe, and the American
variety (var. naevius). The yellow-crowned night heron
(Nyctanassa violacea syn. Nycticorax violaceus)
inhabits the Southern States. Called also qua-bird, and
squawk.
Night house, a public house, or inn, which is open at
night.
Night key, a key for unfastening a night latch.
Night latch, a kind of latch for a door, which is operated
from the outside by a key.
Night monkey (Zool.), an owl monkey.
night moth (Zool.), any one of the noctuids.
Night parrot (Zool.), the kakapo.
Night piece, a painting representing some night scene, as a
moonlight effect, or the like.
Night rail, a loose robe, or garment, worn either as a
nightgown, or over the dress at night, or in sickness.
[Obs.]
Night raven (Zool.), a bird of ill omen that cries in the
night; esp., the bittern.
Night rule.
(a) A tumult, or frolic, in the night; -- as if a
corruption, of night revel. [Obs.]
(b) Such conduct as generally rules, or prevails, at
night.
What night rule now about this haunted grove?
--Shak.
Night sight. (Med.) See Nyctolopia.
Night snap, a night thief. [Cant] --Beau. & Fl.
Night soil, human excrement; -- so called because in cities
it is collected by night and carried away for manure.
Night spell, a charm against accidents at night.
Night swallow (Zool.), the nightjar.
Night walk, a walk in the evening or night.
Night walker.
(a) One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist; a
noctambulist.
(b) One who roves about in the night for evil purposes;
specifically, a prostitute who walks the streets.
Night walking.
(a) Walking in one's sleep; sleep walking; somnambulism;
noctambulism.
(b) Walking the streets at night with evil designs.
Night warbler (Zool.), the sedge warbler ({Acrocephalus
phragmitis}); -- called also night singer. [Prov. Eng.]
Night watch.
(a) A period in the night, as distinguished by the change
of watch.
(b) A watch, or guard, to aford protection in the night.
Night watcher, one who watches in the night; especially,
one who watches with evil designs.
Night witch. Same as Night hag, above.
[1913 Webster]Manx shearwater \Manx shearwater\ prop. n. (Zool.),
A small black-and-white oceanic bird (Puffinus puffinus, or
Puffinus anglorum), common in the Eastern North Atlantic.
Called also Manx petrel, Manx puffin. It is avariety of
shearwater. It was formerly abundant in the Isle of Man.
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Puffinus anglorum
(gcide) | Shearwater \Shear"wa`ter\, n. [Shear + water; cf. G.
wassersherer; -- so called from its running lightly along the
surface of the water.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of long-winged oceanic birds of
the genus Puffinus and related genera. They are allied to
the petrels, but are larger. The Manx shearwater ({Puffinus
Anglorum}), the dusky shearwater (Puffinus obscurus), and
the greater shearwater (Puffinus major), are well-known
species of the North Atlantic. See Hagdon.
[1913 Webster]Night \Night\ (n[imac]t), n. [OE. night, niht, AS. neaht, niht;
akin to D. nacht, OS. & OHG. naht, G. nacht, Icel. n[=o]tt,
Sw. natt, Dan. nat, Goth. nahts, Lith. naktis, Russ. noche,
W. nos, Ir. nochd, L. nox, noctis, Gr. ny`x, nykto`s, Skr.
nakta, nakti. [root]265. Cf. Equinox, Nocturnal.]
1. That part of the natural day when the sun is beneath the
horizon, or the time from sunset to sunrise; esp., the
time between dusk and dawn, when there is no light of the
sun, but only moonlight, starlight, or artificial light.
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And God called the light Day, and the darkness he
called Night. --Gen. i. 5.
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2. Hence:
(a) Darkness; obscurity; concealment.
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Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night.
--Pope.
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(b) Intellectual and moral darkness; ignorance.
(c) A state of affliction; adversity; as, a dreary night
of sorrow.
(d) The period after the close of life; death.
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She closed her eyes in everlasting night.
--Dryden.
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Do not go gentle into that good night
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
--Dylan
Thomas.
[PJC]
(e) A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems
to sleep. "Sad winter's night". --Spenser.
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Note: Night is sometimes used, esp. with participles, in the
formation of self-explaining compounds; as,
night-blooming, night-born, night-warbling, etc.
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Night by night, Night after night, nightly; many nights.
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So help me God, as I have watched the night,
Ay, night by night, in studying good for England.
--Shak.
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Night bird. (Zool.)
(a) The moor hen (Gallinula chloropus).
(b) The Manx shearwater (Puffinus Anglorum).
Night blindness. (Med.) See Hemeralopia.
Night cart, a cart used to remove the contents of privies
by night.
Night churr, (Zool.), the nightjar.
Night crow, a bird that cries in the night.
Night dog, a dog that hunts in the night, -- used by
poachers.
Night fire.
(a) Fire burning in the night.
(b) Ignis fatuus; Will-o'-the-wisp; Jask-with-a-lantern.
Night flyer (Zool.), any creature that flies in the night,
as some birds and insects.
night glass, a spyglass constructed to concentrate a large
amount of light, so as see objects distinctly at night.
--Totten.
Night green, iodine green.
Night hag, a witch supposed to wander in the night.
Night hawk (Zool.), an American bird ({Chordeiles
Virginianus}), allied to the goatsucker. It hunts the
insects on which it feeds toward evening, on the wing, and
often, diving down perpendicularly, produces a loud
whirring sound, like that of a spinning wheel. Also
sometimes applied to the European goatsuckers. It is
called also bull bat.
Night heron (Zool.), any one of several species of herons
of the genus Nycticorax, found in various parts of the
world. The best known species is Nycticorax griseus, or
Nycticorax nycticorax, of Europe, and the American
variety (var. naevius). The yellow-crowned night heron
(Nyctanassa violacea syn. Nycticorax violaceus)
inhabits the Southern States. Called also qua-bird, and
squawk.
Night house, a public house, or inn, which is open at
night.
Night key, a key for unfastening a night latch.
Night latch, a kind of latch for a door, which is operated
from the outside by a key.
Night monkey (Zool.), an owl monkey.
night moth (Zool.), any one of the noctuids.
Night parrot (Zool.), the kakapo.
Night piece, a painting representing some night scene, as a
moonlight effect, or the like.
Night rail, a loose robe, or garment, worn either as a
nightgown, or over the dress at night, or in sickness.
[Obs.]
Night raven (Zool.), a bird of ill omen that cries in the
night; esp., the bittern.
Night rule.
(a) A tumult, or frolic, in the night; -- as if a
corruption, of night revel. [Obs.]
(b) Such conduct as generally rules, or prevails, at
night.
What night rule now about this haunted grove?
--Shak.
Night sight. (Med.) See Nyctolopia.
Night snap, a night thief. [Cant] --Beau. & Fl.
Night soil, human excrement; -- so called because in cities
it is collected by night and carried away for manure.
Night spell, a charm against accidents at night.
Night swallow (Zool.), the nightjar.
Night walk, a walk in the evening or night.
Night walker.
(a) One who walks in his sleep; a somnambulist; a
noctambulist.
(b) One who roves about in the night for evil purposes;
specifically, a prostitute who walks the streets.
Night walking.
(a) Walking in one's sleep; sleep walking; somnambulism;
noctambulism.
(b) Walking the streets at night with evil designs.
Night warbler (Zool.), the sedge warbler ({Acrocephalus
phragmitis}); -- called also night singer. [Prov. Eng.]
Night watch.
(a) A period in the night, as distinguished by the change
of watch.
(b) A watch, or guard, to aford protection in the night.
Night watcher, one who watches in the night; especially,
one who watches with evil designs.
Night witch. Same as Night hag, above.
[1913 Webster]Manx shearwater \Manx shearwater\ prop. n. (Zool.),
A small black-and-white oceanic bird (Puffinus puffinus, or
Puffinus anglorum), common in the Eastern North Atlantic.
Called also Manx petrel, Manx puffin. It is avariety of
shearwater. It was formerly abundant in the Isle of Man.
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Puffinus gelidus
(gcide) | Ice \Ice\ ([imac]s), n. [OE. is, iis, AS. [imac]s; aksin to D.
ijs, G. eis, OHG. [imac]s, Icel. [imac]ss, Sw. is, Dan. iis,
and perh. to E. iron.]
1. Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state
by cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent
colorless substance, crystalline, brittle, and viscoidal.
Its specific gravity (0.92, that of water at 4[deg] C.
being 1.0) being less than that of water, ice floats.
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Note: Water freezes at 32[deg] F. or 0[deg] Cent., and ice
melts at the same temperature. Ice owes its cooling
properties to the large amount of heat required to melt
it.
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2. Concreted sugar. --Johnson.
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3. Water, cream, custard, etc., sweetened, flavored, and
artificially frozen.
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4. Any substance having the appearance of ice; as, camphor
ice.
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Anchor ice, ice which sometimes forms about stones and
other objects at the bottom of running or other water, and
is thus attached or anchored to the ground.
Bay ice, ice formed in bays, fiords, etc., often in
extensive fields which drift out to sea.
Ground ice, anchor ice.
Ice age (Geol.), the glacial epoch or period. See under
Glacial.
Ice anchor (Naut.), a grapnel for mooring a vessel to a
field of ice. --Kane.
Ice blink [Dan. iisblink], a streak of whiteness of the
horizon, caused by the reflection of light from ice not
yet in sight.
Ice boat.
(a) A boat fitted with skates or runners, and propelled on
ice by sails; an ice yacht.
(b) A strong steamboat for breaking a channel through ice.
Ice box or Ice chest, a box for holding ice; a box in
which things are kept cool by means of ice; a
refrigerator.
Ice brook, a brook or stream as cold as ice. [Poetic]
--Shak.
Ice cream [for iced cream], cream, milk, or custard,
sweetened, flavored, and frozen.
Ice field, an extensive sheet of ice.
Ice float, Ice floe, a sheet of floating ice similar to
an ice field, but smaller.
Ice foot, shore ice in Arctic regions; an ice belt. --Kane.
Ice house, a close-covered pit or building for storing ice.
Ice machine (Physics), a machine for making ice
artificially, as by the production of a low temperature
through the sudden expansion of a gas or vapor, or the
rapid evaporation of a volatile liquid.
Ice master. See Ice pilot (below).
Ice pack, an irregular mass of broken and drifting ice.
Ice paper, a transparent film of gelatin for copying or
reproducing; papier glac['e].
Ice petrel (Zool.), a shearwater (Puffinus gelidus) of
the Antarctic seas, abundant among floating ice.
Ice pick, a sharp instrument for breaking ice into small
pieces.
Ice pilot, a pilot who has charge of a vessel where the
course is obstructed by ice, as in polar seas; -- called
also ice master.
Ice pitcher, a pitcher adapted for ice water.
Ice plow, a large tool for grooving and cutting ice.
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Puffinus major
(gcide) | Hagdon \Hag"don\ (h[a^]g"d[o^]n), n. (Zool.)
One of several species of sea birds of the genus Puffinus;
esp., Puffinus major, the greater shearwarter, and
Puffinus Stricklandi, the black hagdon or sooty shearwater;
-- called also hagdown, haglin, and hag. See
Shearwater.
[1913 Webster]Shearwater \Shear"wa`ter\, n. [Shear + water; cf. G.
wassersherer; -- so called from its running lightly along the
surface of the water.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of long-winged oceanic birds of
the genus Puffinus and related genera. They are allied to
the petrels, but are larger. The Manx shearwater ({Puffinus
Anglorum}), the dusky shearwater (Puffinus obscurus), and
the greater shearwater (Puffinus major), are well-known
species of the North Atlantic. See Hagdon.
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Puffinus obscurus
(gcide) | Shearwater \Shear"wa`ter\, n. [Shear + water; cf. G.
wassersherer; -- so called from its running lightly along the
surface of the water.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of long-winged oceanic birds of
the genus Puffinus and related genera. They are allied to
the petrels, but are larger. The Manx shearwater ({Puffinus
Anglorum}), the dusky shearwater (Puffinus obscurus), and
the greater shearwater (Puffinus major), are well-known
species of the North Atlantic. See Hagdon.
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Puffinus puffinus
(gcide) | Manx shearwater \Manx shearwater\ prop. n. (Zool.),
A small black-and-white oceanic bird (Puffinus puffinus, or
Puffinus anglorum), common in the Eastern North Atlantic.
Called also Manx petrel, Manx puffin. It is avariety of
shearwater. It was formerly abundant in the Isle of Man.
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Puffinus Stricklandi
(gcide) | Hagdon \Hag"don\ (h[a^]g"d[o^]n), n. (Zool.)
One of several species of sea birds of the genus Puffinus;
esp., Puffinus major, the greater shearwarter, and
Puffinus Stricklandi, the black hagdon or sooty shearwater;
-- called also hagdown, haglin, and hag. See
Shearwater.
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atlantic puffin
(wn) | Atlantic puffin
n 1: common puffin of the northern Atlantic [syn: {Atlantic
puffin}, Fratercula arctica] |
genus puffinus
(wn) | genus Puffinus
n 1: shearwaters [syn: Puffinus, genus Puffinus] |
horned puffin
(wn) | horned puffin
n 1: northern Pacific puffin [syn: horned puffin, {Fratercula
corniculata}] |
puffin
(wn) | puffin
n 1: any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks
and brightly colored compressed bills |
puffiness
(wn) | puffiness
n 1: an abnormal protuberance or localized enlargement [syn:
swelling, puffiness, lump]
2: lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed
up with vanity [syn: ostentation, ostentatiousness,
pomposity, pompousness, pretentiousness, puffiness,
splashiness, inflation] |
puffing
(wn) | puffing
n 1: blowing tobacco smoke out into the air; "they smoked up the
room with their ceaseless puffing"
2: an act of forcible exhalation [syn: puffing, huffing,
snorting] |
puffinus
(wn) | Puffinus
n 1: shearwaters [syn: Puffinus, genus Puffinus] |
puffinus puffinus
(wn) | Puffinus puffinus
n 1: small black-and-white shearwater common in the northeastern
Atlantic [syn: Manx shearwater, Puffinus puffinus] |
tufted puffin
(wn) | tufted puffin
n 1: northern Pacific puffin having a large yellow plume over
each eye [syn: tufted puffin, Lunda cirrhata] |
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